The good will…

…of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.

– Benjamin Franklin

Impressing people….

… changes what they think. Influencing people changes what they do.

– Unknown

Most people…

… use two totally different sets of criteria for judging themselves versus others. We tend to judge others according to their actions; it’s very cut-and-dried. However, we judge ourselves by our intentions. Even if we do the wrong thing, if we believe our motives were good, we let ourselves off the hook. And we are often willing to do that over and over before requiring ourselves to change.

– John C Maxwell

Before you…

…. can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.

– Winston Churchill

If you want…

… to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That’s much more powerful than rebelling outside the system

– Marie Lu

Leadership is…

… an interactive conversation that pulls people toward becoming comfortable with the language of personal responsibility and commitment.

– John Agno

There are….

… no working hours for leaders

– James Cardinal Gibbons

In the…

… simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go, and gets up and goes

– John Erskine

The main characteristics…

…. of effective leadership are intelligence, integrity or loyalty, mystique, humor, discipline, courage, self sufficieny and confidence

– James Fisher

“Leadership, …

… like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it

– Henry Mintzberg